Author: Paul K. Walker
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Keywords: engineers, american, revolution, army, history, independence, documentary
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2002-08
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 1410201732
ISBN-13: 9781410201737

This collection of documents, including many previously unpublished, details the role of the Army engineers in the American Revolution. Lacking trained military engineers, the Americans relied heavily on foreign officers, mostly from France, for sorely needed technical assistance. Native Americans joined the foreign engineer officers to plan and carry out offensive and defensive operations, direct the erection of fortifications, map vital terrain, and lay out encampments. During the war Congress created the Corps of Engineers with three companies of engineer troops as well as a separate geogra

Author: Paul Robert Walker
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: people, stories, time, rock, little, remember
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2009-01-13
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1426304021
ISBN-13: 9781426304026

Just over 50 years ago, in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine brave black students stood up for their rights and made history. The integration of Central High School in Little Rock changed the course of education in America forever, and became one of the pivotal points in the Civil Rights Movement.In Remember Little Rock award-winning author Paul Robert Walker uses eyewitness accounts and on-the-scene news photography to take a fresh look at a time of momentous consequence in U.S. history. Here, we get the story from all sides: the students directly involved; their fellow students, black and white; p

Author: Paul Robert Walker
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: roberto, clemente, life, rico, puerto, pride
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1991-02-21
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0152634207
ISBN-13: 9780152634209

This is the story of the great right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Roberto Clemente. An outstanding athlete and a dedicated family man, whose love for his native land of Puerto Rico was unsurpassed. This book tells an inspiring story of this Baseball Hall of Famer. Great reading for young sports fans.

Authors:Mike Fasulo, Paul Walker,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: careers, series, environment
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-03-16
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0071476113
ISBN-13: 9780071476119

Find an exciting, fulfilling career--and save the world at the same time! Our environment is in serious jeopardy and has been for a long time. The difference today is that fewer and fewer people in power are denying the fact--which means that more and more jobs are sprouting up to help solve the problem. From government to private industry, money is now being channeled into saving the environment--and there’s a place in this hot new industry for you! Careers in the Environment gives you invaluable tips for finding a job in one of the many areas that make up this diverse fi

Authors:Neville A. Stanton, Paul M. Salmon, Guy H. Walker, Ch
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: engineering, design, guide, practical, factors, methods, human
Number of Pages: 571
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0754646610
ISBN-13: 9780754646617

"Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering and Design" presents more than ninety design and evaluation methods, and is designed to act as an ergonomics methods manual, aiding both students and practitioners. The eleven sections of the book represent the different categories of ergonomics methods and techniques that can be used in the evaluation and design process. Offering a ’how-to’ text on a substantial range of ergonomics methods that can be used in the design and evaluation of products and systems, it is a comprehensive point of reference for all these methods. A

Authors:Thomas L. Barton, William G. Shenkir, Paul L. Walker
Publisher: FT Press
Keywords: risk, management, times, prentice, hall, financial, books, companies, enterprise, pay, leading, making, implement
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-02-18
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 0130087548
ISBN-13: 9780130087546

This book presents a non-quantitative, highly accessible, case-study approach to enterprise risk management. Designed for every financial professional, it offers unprecedented insight into the processes and strategies that have proven successful at the world’s leading companies. The authors introduce the field of enterprise risk management, offer a concise overview of the contemporary techniques involved, and analyze and synthesize the key lessons that can be learned from the experiences of leading global companies. Next, they present five in-depth case studies that cut across a wide ran

Authors:Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker Ii, Gus Edwa
Publisher: Temple University Press
Keywords: african, diaspora, performance, ritual, theatre, black
Number of Pages: 418
Published: 2002-12
List price: $78.50
ISBN-10: 1566399432
ISBN-13: 9781566399432

Generating a new understanding of the past as well as a vision for the future this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced today. Even as they acknowledge that Black experience is not monolithic, these contributors argue provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. This theatre, rooted in an African mythos, offers ritual rather than realism; it transcends the specifics of social relations, reaching toward revelation. The ritual performance